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Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
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Harebell is a slender, delicate wildflower with nodding, pale blue bells on thin, wiry stems. It grows 10–60 cm tall and blooms through much of summer. You often see it in open, sunny places like meadows, roadsides and rocky slopes.
Did you know?
- Provincial flower of Central Ostrobothnia.
- Some plants have white flowers instead of blue.
About the species
Identification
Slender perennial, 10–60 cm, with several thin, upright or slightly leaning stems. Early leaves form a small roundish circle at ground level but usually wither by flowering; the leaves up the stem are few, narrow and not divided, lower ones with short stalks, upper ones without stalks. Buds stand upright; the flowers hang, pale blue (sometimes white), bell-shaped, 1–3 cm long, with five short pointed tips, borne singly or a few along the stem. After flowering a hanging dry pod releases seeds through tiny holes near its base. Very thin stems and withered round base leaves help tell it from stouter, broad-leaved bellflowers. Flowers in Finland in July–August.
Plant group
Herbaceous plants
Habitat
rock, meadow, yards and roadsides, fell
Flowering
Jul–Aug
About the habitat
Dry, sunny, open places such as meadows, grass banks, road verges and rocky outcrops; often on poor, sandy or stony soils. Common throughout the country; northern mountain forms occur in the far northwest (Käsivarsi).
Sources
Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campanula rotondifolia.jpg
Text: Pinkka: Yläkoulun Pinkka - Kulttuuriympäristöt, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39711
Text: Pinkka: BIO-503 Suomen kasvisto ja kasvillisuus - Tunturit: rakat ja soraikot, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39711
Text: Pinkka (Luomus), CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39711
Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissankello
